House Resolution 131 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2         BY  SCHICKEL, WINDSCHITL, SANDS, BERRY,
  1  3       T. OLSON, D. OLSON, WATTS, KRESSIG, STAED,
  1  4       HEDDENS, ROBERTS, BAILEY, SODERBERG, DEYOE,
  1  5      GASKILL, GRANZOW, RAYHONS, UPMEYER, HUSEMAN,
  1  6        GAYMAN, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, PALMER, TYMESON,
  1  7          HORBACH, WENDT, CHAMBERS, PETTENGILL,
  1  8              VAN FOSSEN, MERTZ, and JACOBY
  1  9 A Resolution celebrating the 100th birthday of the
  1 10    United States Army Reserve, honoring the commitment,
  1 11    dedication, and service to America, and wishing for
  1 12    its continued support to our soldiers.
  1 13    WHEREAS, in 1908, the nation's leaders, knowing
  1 14 that the most up=to=date medical experience resided in
  1 15 the civilian sector, created the first reservoir of
  1 16 trained officers in a reserve status known as the
  1 17 Medical Reserve Corps; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, today, over 67 percent of the Army's
  1 19 medical assets lie within the Army Reserve; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, in 1916, Congress passed the National
  1 21 Defense Act, creating the Officers' Reserve Corps, the
  1 22 Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the Reserve Officers'
  1 23 Training Corps, later named the Organized Reserve
  1 24 Corps (ORC), all of which are forerunners of the
  1 25 current Army Reserve; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, in World War I, 89,500 reserve officers
  1 27 were mobilized and during World War II, 200,000
  1 28 members of the ORC participated, with reserve officers
  1 29 providing 29 percent of the Army's officers; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, in 1952, legislation renamed the ORC as
  2  1 the Army Reserve and then divided it into three
  2  2 reserves, a Ready Reserve, a Standby Reserve, and a
  2  3 Retired Reserve, and also provided reserve units with
  2  4 24 initial training days and up to 17 days of annual
  2  5 training; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, the Army Reserve has been an integral part
  2  7 of numerous conflicts with more than 70 Army Reserve
  2  8 units deployed to the Korean Peninsula, more than
  2  9 84,000 soldiers providing combat support and combat
  2 10 service support during Operation Desert Shield/Storm,
  2 11 and others providing support in Somalia, Haiti,
  2 12 Bosnia, Kosovo, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation
  2 13 Noble Eagle, and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and
  2 14    WHEREAS, the role of the Army Reserve has changed
  2 15 over time, moving from a Strategic Reserve to an
  2 16 Operational Force, providing resources and training to
  2 17 first=responder organizations across the nation,
  2 18 training soldiers, implementing national objectives,
  2 19 keeping the Army mobile, and enabling the Army to do
  2 20 more with fewer resources; and
  2 21    WHEREAS, the Army Reserve makes up 20 percent of
  2 22 the Army's organized units, but provides one=half of
  2 23 the Army's combat support and one=fourth of its
  2 24 mobilization base expansion capabilities; NOW
  2 25 THEREFORE,
  2 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 27 That the members of the House of Representatives, by
  2 28 this resolution, celebrate the 100th birthday of the
  2 29 United States Army Reserve, honor its service to
  2 30 America, and wish them another century of continued
  3  1 support.
  3  2 LSB 6609HH 82
  3  3 jr/rj/8